Themes
IDELE themes 2004
The first year of IDELE has considered four key themes in local employment development. These themes reflect a key tenet of IDELE—the importance of context in identifying and exchanging good practice principles and examples. The IDELE 2004 themes were:
- Old Industrial and Mining Areas: the added value of local employment development;
- The Metropolitan City: seeking competitive advantage through local actions to integrate immigrants and minority groups;
- Remote Rural Areas: stimulating and managing new firm creation and entrepreneurship through local action;
- Successful local milieux and the Lisbon process: local employment development in the context of the Lisbon Strategy
Each theme formed the basis of research and the identification of good practice examples, leading to an international seminar and culminating in a thematic report. Theme specific pages on this Web site outline thematic background, relevant policy documents, good practice examples and key lessons and recommendations. Full thematic reports and summaries are available, each providing a summary of the lessons from experience, and conclusions for policy.
